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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQAU_breneman-turner-mill_Harrisonburg-VA.html
On October 6, 1864, Union soldiers approached this mill on their march from Harrisonburg to Broadway during "The Burning." This was U.S. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan's two-week campaign to end the Valley's role as the "Breadbasket of the Confederacy." …
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The university was founded in 1908, through the efforts of state senator George B. Keezell, of Rockingham County, as the State Normal and Industrial School for Women at Harrisonburg. In 1924 it became the State Teachers College at Harrisonburg, be…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQAS_james-madison-university_Harrisonburg-VA.html
The university was founded in 1908, through the efforts of state senator George B. Keezell, of Rockingham County, as the State Normal and Industrial School for Women at Harrisonburg. In 1924 it became the State Teachers College at Harrisonburg, be…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP18_longs-chapel-and-zenda_Harrisonburg-VA.html
Long's Chapel was built in 1870, a year after William and Hannah Carpenter and the Church of the United Brethren in Christ deeded land here "to colored people? for ? a church, burial ground, and a school house." Henry Carter, Milton Grant, William…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNWB_rockingham-county-world-war-i-memorial_Harrisonburg-VA.html
They Tasted Death In Youth That Liberty Might Grow Old
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF74_lacey-spring_Harrisonburg-VA.html
On the early morning hours of December 21, 1864, part of Union Gen. George A. Custer's cavalry division was eating breakfast here and preparing to advance when it suddenly came under attack. Custer had bivouacked the night before not expecting any…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAR4_where-ashby-fell_Harrisonburg-VA.html
A mile and a half east of this point, Turner Ashby, Stonewall Jackson's cavalry commander, was killed, June 6, 1862, while opposing Fremont's advance.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAR3_confederate-monument_Harrisonburg-VA.html
(North face):ThisMonument is erected bythe Ladies Memorial Associationin grateful remembrance of thegallant Confederate Soldiers,who lie here. They died in defense of the rightsof the South,in the war between the States,from 1861 to 1865.(West fac…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAR2_the-woodbine-cemetery_Harrisonburg-VA.html
The Woodbine Cemetery Company, Incorporated March 19, 1850 1877 These gates are erected in memory of the officers and members of the Woodbine Society, who gave generously of their time and means to beautify this cemetery, where they now rest fr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAR0_harrisonburg_Harrisonburg-VA.html
Here Thomas Harrison and wife deeded land for the Rockingham County public buildings, August 5, 1779. The same act established both Louisville, Ky., and Harrisonburg, May, 1780. Named for its founder, the town was also known as Rocktown. It was in…
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